Gregory Marchbanks 🇺🇲

@PNerval America was founded by settlers.

Une histoire bouleversante venue des grandes plaines américaines… Octobre 1918. La grippe espagnole frappe sans pitié les terres isolées du Dakota du Sud. À la ferme Erickson, le drame est brutal : en trois jours à peine, les parents succombent à la maladie. Ils sont enterrés derrière la grange, dans la solitude des grands espaces. Restent trois enfants. À gauche sur la photographie : Hilda Erickson, 9 ans. À ses côtés, son frère Ole, 6 ans. Et leur petite sœur, à peine âgée d’un an. Lorsque les autorités du comté se présentent pour emmener les enfants, Hilda se tient sur le seuil de la maison, le fusil de son père entre les mains. Elle déclare simplement : « C’est notre terre. Vous ne la prendrez pas. » Et elle tient parole. Chaque matin, dès 4 heures, elle trait les trois vaches. Elle nourrit les poules, s’occupe des porcs, répare les clôtures. L’hiver arrive, implacable, avec des températures descendant jusqu’à -40°C. Elle apprend à utiliser le four, protège le bébé du froid, le maintient en vie avec du lait en conserve et de la purée de pommes de terre. Au printemps 1919, contre toute attente, elle ensemence vingt acres de terre. Trop petite pour atteindre le siège de la charrue, elle marche derrière, pas après pas, labourant seule. Les habitants du village tentent de lui venir en aide. Elle accepte uniquement de la farine. « Nous ne faisons pas la charité. Nous échangeons. » Et régulièrement, elle dépose des œufs sur le perron du pasteur en guise de paiement. Deux années passent ainsi. En 1921, une tante finit par retrouver les enfants et vient les chercher. Hilda a alors 11 ans. La ferme tient debout. Dans la grange, mille boisseaux de blé témoignent de son travail acharné. La tante insiste : « Tu viens avec moi. » Hilda répond calmement : « Ole peut venir. Le bébé aussi. Mais moi, je reste. Quelqu’un doit veiller sur les tombes de maman et papa. » Elle reste. Plus tard, elle se mariera à 19 ans avec le jeune homme qui l’avait aidée lors de sa première récolte. Une histoire de courage brut, de dignité farouche, et d’enfance volée trop tôt.

A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus spilled its load leaving New York. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, surprised, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, confounded, astonished, and numbed.

Sara speaks the truth...

@miles_commodore 🎯

I might be in the minority on this, but even though he’s been gone for over 60 years he’s still the king of Christmas music.

@thejefflutz 💯 Agree. Current Director of Secret Service should have never been promoted. Administration should have cleaned house after Butler, PA. IMHO, SS was compromised during the Biden Aministration. This reinforces my belief that it is so: 1. Butler 2.Mar Lago golf course 3. WHCD.

Abject planning failure. Reaction bravery & speed appreciated. You have to fire the Director of the SS immediately & replace him with someone who would have never allowed this venue to be selected/approved or cleared the hotel room bookings of vetted dinner attendees only.

@TracesofTexas It was El Paso, 1960's as a child.

Speaking of El Paso, the fabled Pancho's Mexican Buffet got its start in that West Texas city back in 1958. Traces of Texas reader Franco Ruiz kindly sent in this photo and asked "Traces, when's the last time you raised the flag?" I thought about it and can't remember, exactly, but it must have been in the 1980s. And then I thought that it's a shame that there is a whole generation of Texans that have grown up not knowing what "raise the flag" means. I realize that there are still four Panchos in Texas, but unless you live in D-FW or Houston, you're not going to be tasting the epic goodness of their sopapillas. When's the last time YOU raised the flag?

@amuse @martyrdison Important questions: Who was in charge of security for the event? Who approved the security for the event? And, did anyone on the President's security team see any red flags once at the event? 🤔 IMO, Secret Service was derelict in their duties. Intentional?

@martyrdison We can’t ask Secret Service to do their jobs without being paid for months. Pay them or just expect this is what you get for free.

my best friend and i went to the WHCD, and we ended up leaving early because something felt off it started the second we got there. every event we’ve ever been to, especially at this level, there are layers of security. bags checked, IDs checked, actual process this time, nothing. we were just asked if we had tickets, said yes, and got waved through no bag check. no real screening. no line. just thousands of people packed together, being pushed through the doors as fast as possible it felt wrong immediately. like, viscerally wrong. my bestfriend literally turns to me and says “i think something is going to happen” and then it did this cannot happen. not here, not at something like this praying for everyone, but there needs to be accountability because this should never happen again

@TeslaBoomerPapa I'm slowly becoming a "Weary Tesla Warrior". 😩

Read the analysts comments: Basically nothing is going to happen this year! Last year: 2025 was going to be a slow starting BUT 2026 was going to be a gangbuster year, now : 2026 is going to be a very slow starting, but 2027 will be gangbuster! This is exactly how I described the situation all day today, but many of you told me : "no, no, all is fine"! Sorry, and believe me, I'm the first one who wished otherwise, but very unfortunately I'm right here, and in many ways, it's Musk himself who confirmed what I said! reuters.com/business/autos…

@TeslaBoomerMama Europe has been castrated for years. USA has "Big Balls". 🇺🇸 😂

@TeslaBoomerMama A superiority complex over Americans? Probably started when we won our independence. It doesn't help their state run media manipulates their news. Reported that in WWII the Brits felt their troops were superior to American. (Didn't prove out.) Maybe it's envy.

Why does Europe not care?

@TeslaBoomerMama Europe seems to have been castrated for some time. USA has "Big Balls". 😂

@KeithMalinak You must be her "favorite". She's always so happy around you.

I made Nana pose just like her queen picture tonight because it's so AWESOME! 🤣

@TeslaBoomerPapa Something doesn't smell right. 🤔 Is Elon susceptible to sand bagging Tesla investors? Maybe a misdirection?

And "autonomy" is not there, and not about to be. So WHY "mass produce" as Elon stated ?

@KeithMalinak @Costco Heard it's not too busy between 12:00 am & 5:00 am. But I am too lazy to verify.

Is @Costco ever NOT busy??

@BlazeTV @SaraGonzalesTX Sara is a Texas treasure. So happy that she is in the arena.

"Here in the DFW area, we have witnessed really shocking demographic changes." - @SaraGonzalesTX details how mass immigration has radically transformed Texas

@TeslaBoomerMama @Smokehbear "Smok'n" A great Profile picture of someone most deserving. 😉

New Profile picture, thank you @Smokehbear

@MustangMan_TX FYI, your flag posted is from the country of Chile, not Texas.

That man is blessed! 🇺🇸

@TeslaBoomerMama He'll be Happy! 😊

🤫 I have changed TeslaBoomerPapa's profile picture while he was running errands 😆

@catturd2 As a result of all the Democrat's lying & cheating throughout the years, you have to ask yourself: have they ever loved our country? 🇺🇸 Has it all been about gaining more power? Republicans aren't saints, but at least actions indicate most love USA & want to do what is right.

Everything Democrats do is fake, staged, and a lie.

@CuriousPejjy You may be low on your prognostication.

Yes. This WILL happen. $TSLA